Introduction to Blueprint Reading with a residential construction drawing Tutorial

In this video Tom Stephenson goes over how to read and interpret construction drawings for a residential production home the Brook Drawings used in his Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings. This video discusses orienting yourself with the plans and elevations and how the construction notes are used to quickly find information. Unique aspects of production building versus custom building are demonstrated. Key to the successful interpretation of construction drawings requires the ability to visualize the finished building and to develop a process for reviewing drawings that includes tearing away the layers to understand the hidden framing requirements (walk through). Lecture 5C

[malcolmpayne]

Hi Tom - really interesting talk. How much of this information would be the same for U.S. blueprints, or is this basically a universal standard?